I am passionate about making music that feeds the soul and brings people together.

Sunshine always inspires me.

I'm itching to see Usher & Shakira work their magic. And of course, Blake is so amazing! It was tough, but I went on my gut which was Adam.

I absolutely love being on stage. I live and breathe the stage, and nothing makes me happier, but to perform.

I love performing live, especially when I get in the zone. But the studio is really becoming a place I have grown to love.

Fighting cancer is my mission right now. The research and development of finding cures for this nasty disease is my passion.

I would tell people to enjoy the present moment and the journey rather than the outcome.

My creative process involves reading books and magazines, writing outside, and moving around a lot. I like to pace around when I'm writing songs.

It's always been my dream to be on the stage with my band, singing my music. That's always been, and always will be.

I don't feel like I ever really do get past the nervousness. I'm always nervous. Something about being nervous keeps you on the edge, and I've always felt like I worked better under pressure.

I've always been a perfectionist, so I always wanted to sound better than I did. But, that's a never-ending process. You always want to get better. There's always room to grow.

Hope implies that you think you have a chance at something.

Go forth and let the magic happen.

Of all noises, I think music is the least disagreeable.

An author never has a vacation. He's a walking sponge, sopping up impressions till he's saturated, then going to his desk and squeezing them out on paper.

I'm far less a leader than a writer.

What I say and what I'm really experiencing - those universes are very different.

Throughout evolution, ostracism was death indeed.

That's something that annoys the hell out of me-I mean if somebody says the coffee's all ready and it isn't.

I think that people who don't like animals tend to be selfish, but I'm biased.

Nothing happens for ages, and then all the changes come at once.